Merchandiser

Job Tilte: Brand Merchandiser

Duration: 8 months (Possible extension)

Location: Beaverton OR

Job Description:

• The nature of the work is focused on consumer insights, assortment planning, Go to Market, and product management activities.
• Ensure merchandised assortments allow appropriate segmentation, deliver differentiation of the marketplace and drive incremental growth.
• Finalize all category assortment plans and gain resolution against issues on flow, pricing and distribution decisions.
• Work to ensure assortment category vision is driven to the retail floor and that end state is profitable consumer right assortment Optimize the planning and placement of products in the appropriate format.

Education:

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years’ directly relevant work experience
• Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law 3 yrs; Masters 4 yrs; Associate degree 6 yrs; High School 7 yrs.

Who we are looking for:

• For merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer.
• The merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft a strategy, line plan and assortments to fuel new opportunities and serve the consumer. We blend art with science to bring the vision to life across the globe.
• The team has an outstanding ability to see beyond trends and identify new markets, opportunities, delivering the right product at the right price, in the right place, at the right time.

What you will work on:

• As a Merchant on the Global Merchandising team, you'll utilize marketplace data, consumer insights, foresight, and hindsight to influence strategy and create strategic line plans to serve our consumer.
• You'll partner closely with product creation partners to ensure our product lines are aligned to the
• opportunities that have been identified.
• You’ll lead the management of our merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance.
• You'll build positive and trustworthy relationships with your partners to build and land the line plans and seasonal assortments that meet the needs of consumers and take them to a new place.

Who will you work with:

• You will work closely with global and geo merchants and cross-functional teams within product creation, planning and brand marketing. We also work with finance, operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting for your area which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics for sales, inventory, consumer behaviors and trends.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 years’ experience of merchandising and/or product creation experience, in a vertical or
• wholesale environment
• Footwear, apparel and/or equipment merchandising experience
• Understanding of key retail performance indicators and profit-based metrics
• Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business
• Effective communicator that collaborates and brings people together
• Values differences and builds positive relationships with high cultural awareness
• Proven balance of art and science in decision-making
• Self-directed, independent, and dedicated
• Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability
• Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations
• Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications
• Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking
• Responds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation.